My trick for flavoring your vanilla coating and make it more than just plain vanilla? Add a few shakes of icing powder flavoring to your melted vanilla wafers.

The wafers will take on the color of the powder, so choose colored wafers to make the best background color to match your sprinkles (ex: use yellow vanilla wafer chips with pink, strawberry powder for an orange tinted cake pop). Our favorite flavors are cotton candy (blue) and strawberry (pink) using a vanilla/almond cake recipe.

Feel free to comment below with any questions or tips you have for cake pop creations!

This craft was made using a kit purchased from Oriental Trading, but could easily be made using craft-store foam/cardstock paper and an orange ink pad. Make one of these with your kids for Halloween, and display it through Thanksgiving. This could also be a fun keepsake gift for family to remember those tiny fingers of your children for years to come.